Risk is inherent in every open water swim. Swimmers and their crews know to expect the unexpected as swimming in the ocean, even close to shore, can be fraught with peril. Sharks, jellyfish, waves, winds, currents; the elements that can be a catalyst for danger are well-known in the open water swimming community. And the further away from shore the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As Jennifer Figge sets off on her fourth crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, reports of a rogue wave that stopped 4 American and Canadian athletes who were attempting to row across the Atlantic Ocean have surfaced. Adam Kreek, Markus Pukonen, Patrick Fleming, and Jordan Hanssen were in their 10th week of rowing
Sometimes in the course of writing about open water swimming, we stumble across fascinating trivia about the mariners of yesteryear. After centuries of travel across the world's oceans, the mariners learned not only how to survive, but also how to travel most effectively. The Polynesians did it across the South Pacific to Hawaii while the sailors in the
Jennifer Figge remains on the island of Sal in Cape Verde off the western coast of Africa waiting for Captain Tamas and crew to arrive. Soon after their arrival expected within 3 days, Figge will head off on her fourth continuous stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean where she combines swimming and boarding her boat across the wide expanse of the ocean.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Jennifer Figge is about to embark on another stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean. But before she left for Cape Verde off the coast of western coast of Africa, she visited her goddaugher's kindergarten class in Aspen, Colorado. The 5-year-olds are studying the oceans and were fascinated by this women who
Jennifer Figge took 31 days to complete her stage swim from Brava in Cape Verde off the coast of Africa to Gran Riviere, Trinidad. The total distance was 2,186 nautical miles (4,048 km), She swam a total of 139 hours in the Atlantic Ocean, covering a cumulative total of 300 miles. She started on Cape Verde on April 21st and reached Trinidad on May
When astronaut Buzz Aldrin hopped onto the moon's surface to join his fellow Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, he said, "Beautiful, beautiful, magnificent desolation" as he looked back at the blue planet. When open water swimmers are out in the dynamic oceans of Planet Earth, prying themselves from the safe confirms of shore, they could think similarly:
Stage Swimming Across The Atlantic Ocean Courtesy of WOWSA, Atlantic Ocean. 60-year-old Jennifer Figge is getting ready to set sail on her fourth continuous stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean. She will soon take off from Brava in the Cape Verde Islands off of Dakar. Brava is about 400 miles (640 km) off the coast of Senegal in western Africa. She will
60-year-old Jennifer Figge is getting ready to set sail on her fourth continuous stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean. Her D5000 Dean Catamaran is being readied in Cape Town, South Africa and will soon take off for the Cape Verde Islands, off of Dakar, Senegal in the western Africa, where she will start her adventure towards the Caribbean Sea. Figge will
Jennifer Figge, who caused quite a stir during her stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 is now stage swimming approximately 3,000 miles from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to Hawaii. The 58-year-old adventurer has the financial resources to follow her dreams. She loves what she is doing and she certainly knows how to design a wetsuit that does not look
